Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Acting Sergeant J. Goodson, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (9322 L. Cpl. J. Goodson. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (9322 A. Sjt. J. Goodson. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) attempted erasure of the ‘A’ in the rank on the BWM and VM, otherwise very fine

Three: Private H. Ayres, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who died of wounds received on the Western Front on 7 July 1915
1914-15 Star (10517 Pte. H. Ayres. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (10517 Pte. H. Ayres. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I. very fine (6) £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum.

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James Goodson attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War in Mesopotamia from 5 December 1914.

Harold (Harry) Ayres was born in Bloxham, Oxfordshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 May 1915, and was severely wounded by gunshot and shrapnel to the the leg and elbow in June 1915. Evacuated to the U.K. on the Hospital Ship Asturias, he died of his wounds at the Norfolk War Hospital, Norwich, on 7 July 1915.